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UK National Risk Register

2008-08-13 11:05:09 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Register . The National Risk Register is intended to capture the range of emergencies that might have a major impact on all, or significant parts of, the UK. It provides a national picture of the risks we face, and is designed to complement Community Risk Registers, already produced and published locally by emergency planners. The driver for...
 
Tags: national risk register, act, civil contingencies act, national picture, major impact, resilience website, national security, emergency planners, flu pandemic
 
 
 
 
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This week in history - volcanos, hurricanes, and the risk of Black Swans

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2008-08-28 11:07:47 by Chris McClean in Security & Risk Management
...register Of course, its possible to define mitigating controls for crises, disasters, or incidents without knowing for sure what theyre going to look like. Thats one of the hallmarks of a good crisis management plan. And thats an important point, because trying to predict the next unforeseeable event can be a real challenge sometimes
 
Tags: similar events, events, black swan events, black swan, plan, crisis management plan, week, colleague stephanie balaouras, argues
 
 
 
 
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ICANN Gets Tough With Shady Registrar

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2008-05-20 06:53:16 by Editor in Cheap Hack
...Register , a registrar with a troubled legal history. They are currently being sued by Microsoft for registering 125 names that typosquat Microsoft's trademarks According to the letter sent by ICANN to Red Register , the company was informed back in February of a finding in the arbitration case of Cambridge Pavers, Inc. v Versata Software,...
 
Tags: registrar, registrar business, registrar red register, icann, red register, registrar accreditation agreement, icann notice, domain, domain redregister
 
 
 
 
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How Do I Get ISO27001 Certification?

2008-05-20 17:31:23 by Posted By: Carsten Casper, Research Director in IT Leaders - Security and Risk Management
 
...Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA), so www.irca.org is a good starting point. For example, you'll find 40 auditors in the U.S. who are accredited for ISO 27001. They work for large consultancies or system integrators, but also for some smaller companies. Alternatively, you can look for an organization that issues certificates....
 
Tags: certification body, body, register, international register, body schedules, list, international standard iso, tv companies, iso
 
 
 
 
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Security Briefing: May 30th

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2008-05-30 14:29:34 by Myrcurial in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
...Register Will your mobile find a horse head in its bed Download al Qaeda manuals from the DoJ, go to prison? | The Register Another pair of articles analyzing the somewhat chilling effect of doing research and finding yourself in jail do we accept this as a society or not The New Order: When reading is a crime | The Register Facebook mob...
 
Tags: security news, news, bbc news, hackers, french hackers, register, free security application, gur npnqrzvp trgf, diamond age phyle
 
 
 
 
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Passport Canada web site suffers serious breach

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2007-12-05 11:51:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Register News Story (UK - Good commentary Report Credit Kenyon Wallace, Globe and Mail (CA Response From the sources cited above A security flaw in Passport Canada's website has allowed easy access to the personal information - including social insurance numbers, dates of birth and driver's licence numbers - of people applying for new...
 
Tags: passport canada, information, personal information, passport application information, application, breach, passport application site, passport canada spokesman, significant security breaches
 
 
 
 
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Lost Virgin Media CD contains customer information

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2008-06-23 18:33:22 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Register Finextra PrecisionMarketing Report Credit Chris Williams, The Register Response From the online sources cited above Virgin Media - the entertainment and communications arm of Richard Branson's Virgin Group - has lost an unencrypted computer disc containing the bank account details of 3000 UK customers The incident came to light...
 
Tags: virgin media, virgin, virgin media services, sensitive data customer, data, data protection policies, information, customers, inform customers
 
 
 
 
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An Update to Photobucket's DNS Hijacking

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2008-06-24 06:08:15 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Register.com comments on the DNS hijacking The Photobucket site was down for a very short time and was restored immediately when we became aware of the issue." Roni Jacobson, general counsel of Register.com, said in a statement on Thursday. "We are currently investigating the source of the problem As well as Atspace.com's (Zettahost.com)...
 
Tags: dns, photobucket, complete dns replication, dns records, complete, site, replication, photobucket site, domain photobucket
 
 
 
 
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Pets, Weddings, and Identity Theft

2006-12-13 00:00:00 by Ari Juels in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...register for an account on the Web site of a financial institution (or other secured site) today, you are often required to register answers to a series of personal questions, sometimes referred to as "life questions." These questions--familiar to many of us--support a form of emergency authentication. When you lose or forget your password,...
 
Tags: web site prompts, site, questions, personal questions, web site, life questions, identity theft, password, online password management
 
 
 
 
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University of Iowa inadvertently posts personal data to the Internet

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2008-01-15 11:25:40 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Register Story KCRG - TV News Story Report Credit Erin Jordan, Register Iowa City Bureau Response From the onlin